Dick Motta’s 10 game set

[Reunion Mav]

We are 26-24 after 50 games and then the biggest most shocking trade in NBA history. We lost last night and saw yet another injury, this time to Gafford. We were 4-6 so disappointment is everywhere. Even tanking is of limited value. We will see how our team looks at the trade deadline and then probably be grieving and bored etc etc. 

It is not too late for a late post trade surge like last year. Now that would be unlikely! But I will be watching anyway.

The all-star break is over though we don’t play till Friday. We are picking up the conversation on our new and returning guys. We have 26 games to observe some of the members of our team. We are 4-2 so far on the way to the 60 game mark. We are 30-26. We have gone 6-4 over the last 10 games so we are playing better. If we go 6-4, 6-4, and 6-4 we would win about 45 games and be 8 games over .500. That would also put us 5 games under Dick Motta’s 50 game standard. 

So the only way this level of success is good is if we grade on a curve due to massive number of star and rotation player games missed. By that scale some credit to our hard playing guys has to be given. It is obvious to me that our guys still believe we can make a deep playoff run. They are determined to hold down the fort. 

Finally, this year I’ve concluded that consistent availability of all three position groups is absolutely essential to 50 win seasons.